Mahisasaka is one of the twenty schools of early Buddhism according to a Mahayana record. Its origins go back to the dispute in the Second Buddhist Council. Dharmaguptaka sect branch out from Mihisasaka sect toward the end of the 2nd or the beginning of the 1st century BC. Its vinaya was translated into Chinese in AD 434.

See also

• Early Buddhist Schools

• Schools of Buddhism

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